Just got back from a week spent out of state, during which I found these:I had completely given up on finding them with the original articulation, and yet there they were! Along with Earl Grey, whom I found hiding not far from them.

I have yet to encounter a Lumina in person myself. Usually the nearest Target has a couple of Wingrids at the most, hence I was quite surprised to find a lone Beetrice there once. I'm just glad I was able to nab her then and there.

Thank you! Those are really awesome. Are the green things with the queen the pods? Thank you for doing all the different pics!

OMG the Alien franchise has some amazing movies/storylines.

Last pic - so funny! Are you planning an Alien/MH crossover? When the Alien queen comes to Monster High, will she be accepted for who she is? Will she take over the Catacombs and lay pods everywhere? Will the embryos go after the ghouls and mansters, or head straight for the normies? lol

The green thing's an ovipositor! It didn't come with eggs, though, other than what's molded to the bade. Instead it was rigged to pour slime on trapped figures. Of course by the time I got my queen hive set, said slime was, uh. Not very slimy anymore.

Wrt the last paragraph in your post, this is the image that immediately came to mind:I'm not sure why that specifically was what came to mind, but yeah. :B